Medicinal carrying tube



Patented Nov. 30, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MEDICINAL CARRYING Vincent Homer Spensley, Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Application November 2, 1936, Serial No. 108,887

2 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in means forconveniently carrying various solutions of drugs for the convenience of surgeons and like professionals.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a container in which various solutions can be stored in separate compartments and almost instantaneously mixed without subjecting the solution to the atmosphere and consequently 1o probable contamination.

Still another important object of the invention is to provide a container of the character stated in which the liquids, tablets or the like can be stored in complete separation with respect to each other and in which these items can be quickly mixed without removing the same from the container.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

-In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device.

Figure 2 is' a front end elevational view of the 25 container.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numero als designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 represents the elongated tube such as the barrel of hypodermic syringe. A grooved cap 6 is provided at one end, the same having the. opening 1 therein in which is located a metal disk 35 8. A snugly disposed and slidable plunger 9 is provided in the opposite end portion of the barrel 5 and any number of disk-shaped partitions l0 can be disposed in the barrel 5 by dividing the interior of the barrel into separate com- 40 partments A, B and C, more or less.

It can be seen, that a solution can be placed in the compartment A after which the partition I0 is disposed in place and subsequently a pill or another solution can be placed in the com- 45 partment B followed by the placement of the disk In and so on until the desired number of liquids, powders or pills have been placed in the" container after which the plunger 9 is disposed inplace. As shown in Figure 3, this plunger may have a threaded shank ll projecting therefrom to which a suitable handle can be attached.

It can now be seen that in order to mix these items in the container, all that is necessary is 5 to force under pressure, and this need only be slight, the plunger 9 inwardly so as to tilt the partitions Hi. In this manner, the liquids or powders will run together and form the mixture desired without contamination by removal and 10 subjection to the atmosphere and other contacts. While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without del5 'plunger being provided with an ofi-center protrusion engagement with the partitions for tilting the same in the container, thereby changing the tube from a multiple compartment container to a single compartment container and allowing the contents of the compartments to mix.

2. A container of the character described cornprising an elongated hollow body having a closure at one end, a partition snugly disposed in the body and defining individual compartments in thetube, a longitudinally movable member disposed in the opposite end of the hollow body, said longitudinally movable member having a reduced portion defining a compartment in cooperation with the said partition, said longitudinally movable member having a protruding portion adapted to engage the partition ofi center to tilt the said partition as the longitudinally movable member.

is urged inwardly of the hollow body, thereby changing the tube from a multiple compartment container to a single compartment container and VINCENT H. SPENSLEY. 

